Improvement in spring-mattresses



D. N. SELLEG.

Spring-Mattresses.

Patented Dec. 16,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()rrrcn DAVID N. SELLIG, OF NEWBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRlNG-MATTRESSES.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No.145,597, dated December16, i873; application filed October 17, 1873. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID N. SELLIG, of Newburg, in the county of Orangeand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Spring-Mattresses; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specifica-' tion.

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement inspring-mattresses; and it consists in dividing the sacking in which thesprings and hair or cotton is placed into divisions or compartments, andfastening the material which formsthe partitions to the central woodenframe, so as to prevent the springs from sagging down between the slatsof the bedstead and being crushed out of shape, as will be more fullyexplained hereafter.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention.

arepresents the sacking in which the springs and stuffing material areplaced, and which has a metallic or wooden strip, 0, secured around thetop and bottom edges, so as to retain it in form. This sacking isdivided into a compartment or division for each row of springs by aship, 0, of the sacking, which is nailed or fastened to the wooden framed, which extends through the center of the mattress. There are two ofthese strips or partitions 0 between each row of springs, which arefastened at their ends to the outer frame, and

to each side of the crossbars 6, their entire length. The coiled springsg are each sewed or secured into position independently of each other,so that in case one of them should become broken or weak it can beremoved and replaced without disturbing any of the others.

The slats of the bed are usually placed so far apart that the springscannot span over the spaces between them; and, when a portion of aspring rests upon the edge of one of the slats, the rest of the springsags down into the space, and soon becomes crushed out of shape. It isto prevent this injury to the springs that the strips 0 are tacked orfastened to the frame in the center, so as to hold the sacking asufficiently taut to prevent the sagging down.

As the mattresses have heretofore been constructed, with the woodenframe through the center, when in use only the upper halves of thesprings have yielded to the pressure, and the bed has been hard andstiff where it should have been soft and elastic.

By arranging the springs in between the cross-pieces, and having theouter rows secured above and below the wooden frame, and the strips orpartitions c fastened. tothe crosspieces, so as to retain the springs inposition, the whole height of the spring is 'iitilized, and a softer andmore elastic bed is obtained than can be made in any other way.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A matttress having thesacking a divided into compartments by the strips 0, which are fastenedto the wooden frame at e in the cen ter, to prevent the sagging of thespringsg downbetween the slats, substantially as shown and described.

I In testimony that I claim. the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 13th day of October, 1873.

D. N. SELLIG.

Witnesses EUGENE CASS, F. A. LEHMANN.

